Bert Holldobler Quotes

Germany, Sociobiologist
June 25, 1936

Bert Hölldobler (born 25 June 1936) is a German sociobiologist and evolutionary biologist who studies evolution and social organization in ants. He is the author of several books, including The Ants, for which he and his co-author, E. O. Wilson received the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction writing in 1991.

Also known as Biologist

We know of no behavior in ants or any other social insects that can be construed as play.

Bert Holldobler
- Play
- Behavior
- Insects
The foreign policy aim of ants can be summed up as follows: restless aggression, territorial conquest, and genocidal annihilation of neighboring colonies whenever possible. If ants had nuclear weapons, they would probably end the world in a week.

Bert Holldobler

Ants offer special advantages for some important kinds of basic biological research. The colony is a superorganism. It can be analyzed as a coherent unit and compared with the organism in the design of experiments, with the individuals treated as the rough analogues of cells.

Bert Holldobler
If ants had nuclear weapons, they would probably end the world in a week.

Bert Holldobler
- World
- Nuclear Weapons